Sharon Osbourne Presents Rock 'n' Roll's Dodgiest Deals
2017
1h 0m
Sharon Osbourne presents the story of pop deals through the decades. She looks at some memorably bad and good deals offered to a range of musicians from Little Richard to NWA.
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